India, Dec. 24 -- Today's youth saw themselves on the generational front lines of climate change, so they walked out of their schools to demand transformative action

Greta Thunberg made history again this month when she was named Time magazine's Person of the Year. The 16-year-old has become the face of youth climate action, going from a lone child sitting outside the Swedish parliament building in mid-2018 to a symbol for climate strikers - young and old - around the world.

Thunberg was far from the first young person to speak up in an effort to hold the powerful accountable for their inaction on climate change, yet the recognition of her efforts come at a time when world leaders will have to decide whether - or with how much effort - ...